Fastening for watch-bows



(No Model.)

' B. A. BARNES.

FASTENING FOR WATCH BOWS.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

WITNESSES NVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN ANDREW S BARNES, OF OELVEIN, IOIVA.

FASTENING FOR WATCH-BOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,018, dated December 9, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN A. BARNES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oelwein, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fastening Pendant-Bows and finding Stems in Stem Vinding \Vatch Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view through the pendant and push-pin, showing my improved method of fastening the bow and push-pin. Fig. 2 is a side view of the stem or push-pin removed from the pendant, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the line a" a: in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to means for securely fastening the pendantloow and winding stem or push-pin of stern-winding-watch cases; and it consists in the improved m cans or method for effecting this fastening, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the bow for the attachment of the watch-chain.

B is the socketed pendant, which is provided with lateral projections O O, for the insertion of the free ends of the bow.

E is the winding-stem or pushpin, the upper end of which has an enlarged head, D, for the attachment of the usual ribbed button for turning the stem in winding or setting the watch. Ashort distance below the head D is fixed a collar, G, and between the lower end of the head or enlargement D and the fixed collar G is placed a ring or dead-eye, F, in which the stem or push-pin E is free to turn. \Vhen the stem or push-pin has been properly inserted into its socketed pendant, this dead eye will be opposite to the lateral projections O G, into which the free ends of the bow are sprung, both the bow and the winding-stem or push-pin being held in place by two small screws, II IL-one on each sidethe inner ends of which are screwed into diametrically-opposite sides of the ring or dead-eye F, in which the stem or push-pin turns.

From the foregoing it will be seen that neither the bow nor the winding-stein can be come detached from the pendant, while at the same time the stem or push-pin is free to turn in winding or setting the watch without the least obstruction.

My improvement is applicable to all classes of stem-\vinding-watch cases at a merely nominal increase in cost of manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States In a stem-winding-watch case, the windingstem or push-pin provided with the ring or dead-eye adapted to receive the inner ends of the screws H II, in combination with the socl eted pendant and its bow, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN ANDREWS BARNES. IVitnesses:

Josnrrr HODGKINSON, CHARLES ROBISON. 

